By Leah Nylen, Daily News-Record Ken and Kathryn Seitz were expected to be aboard a ship bound for Cyprus this morning. Back home, the Seitz family remained upbeat about the ... read more about Family of Ex-Profs Waits In Hopeful Mood
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
Ex-EMU Profs Wait To Get Out
by Brad Jenkins, Daily News-Record Humanitarians with ties to Harrisonburg are among the thousands of Americans being evacuated from Lebanon as Israel and the militant Islamic group Hezbollah trade attacks ... read more about Ex-EMU Profs Wait To Get Out
Zehr Reaches Millions in Japan
While traveling to his next appointment on the Tokyo subway system, Howard Zehr (right) is interviewed by Yasukazu Akada, a reporter for Asahi, a daily newspaper circulating to 10 million ... read more about Zehr Reaches Millions in Japan
EMU Reports Record Gift Income
Kirk Shisler, vice president for advancement at EMU, gives an upbeat report of donor giving during the past year at a faculty- staff “New Year’s Breakfast” that welcomed the 2006-07 ... read more about EMU Reports Record Gift Income
Working for a Better Future in Haiti
Marie Rosy Kesner Auguste, right, and Guylene Clerger, an MCC worker in Port-au-Prince, were MCC-sponsored participants in Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI). Photo by Melissa Engle A joint ... read more about Working for a Better Future in Haiti
Genocide Survivors Change Lives Through EMU Program
By Heather Bowser, Daily News-Record Not all treasures are locked away in banks or buried in chests beneath the ocean. Last week, one classroom on Eastern Mennonite University ... read more about Genocide Survivors Change Lives Through EMU Program
Laotian Students Seek to Eradicate Unexploded Ordnance
Left: Khamseng Homdouangxay of Vientiane, Laos and Phounsy Phasavaeng of Sekong Province, Laos, display a shoulder bag handmade by countrywomen made handicapped by unexploded ordnance (UXO). Photo by Jim Bishop ... read more about Laotian Students Seek to Eradicate Unexploded Ordnance
STAR Program Expands to Serve Youth
L. to r.: Lou Furman from New Orleans, Ebun Abeni James of Sierra Leone, Tamara Maslovaric from Serbia and Jeff Mansfield from New York City do a role play representing ... read more about STAR Program Expands to Serve Youth
Peacebuilding Institute Opens with ‘Ritual of the Americas’
Nancy Beall Hedren (l.) and Tin Tin Yee, a CJP student from Burma perform the dance of the eagle and condor as part of a ‘Ritual of the Americas’ at ... read more about Peacebuilding Institute Opens with ‘Ritual of the Americas’
EMU Hosts Concern Group for Military Vets
Carolyn Yoder (l.), STAR director, facilitates a small group discussion at the military veterans roundtable. Photo by Jim Bishop Ten adults were given clay, blocks and pipe-cleaners. During a March ... read more about EMU Hosts Concern Group for Military Vets